MainStage Concerts 2025-26
Led by dynamic Music Director, Jory Fankuchen,
the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra produces exciting, captivating, and inviting concerts all season.
And ALWAYS ADMISSION FREE!
RSVP’s are NOT required but it helps us to know you’re planning to join us!
MainStage 1: Celebrating Robin!
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven - Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Jennifer Higdon - Selections from "Dance Card”
Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1
Robin Sharp, violin
October 17, 2025 @ 7:30pm
St Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St, San Francisco
October 18, 2025 @ 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church
625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto
October 19, 2025 @ 3:00pm
First Presbyterian Church
2407 Dana St, Berkeley
MainStage 2: The Revolutionary Artist
These concerts are dedicated to the Memory of SFCO Founder, Edgar Braun and Ida Braun
Program
Louis Farrenc - Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, mvt. 4
Niccolò Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1, mvt. 1
Lisa Saito, violin - Debut Artist (Robin’s student)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
December 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave, SF
December 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
January 01, 2026 @ 3:00pm
First United Methodist Church
625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto
MainStage 3: Seeing Double
These concerts are sponsored by Leon and Karen Traister
Program
Jens Ibsen - Scene Symphony
SFCO Commission with support from the NEA
Philip Glass - Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra
Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 49 “La Passione”
February 27, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Taube Atrium Theater
401 Van Ness Ave
February 28, 2026 @ 7:30
First United Methodist Church
625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto
March 01, 2026 @ 3:00pm
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
MainStage 4: The Young Masters
Program
Samuel-Coleridge Perkinson - Sinfonietta No. 1, mvt. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major
Julia Schilz - violin, 2025 Klein Competition winner
Sponsored by Maryann Maslan
Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major